Wah Long Lee Salon

Perfect! Just the haircut I needed! Wash, cut and wash again and she trimmed the sideburns just right!

Getting a gent’s haircut in HK can be a daunting and expensive process, especially if you are an ex-​pat or foreign visitor. How much will it cost, will they make me look like Miley Cyrus, what’s the Canto for grade 2 the back and sides?
Now, you can head to any chain of QB House, and get a perfectly adequate cut price cut in 10 minutes; or you can go for the full monty at The Barber Shop in Central, and smash some serious cash for a great pamper. However, the savvy shopper will go to Hennessy Plaza, 164 – 166 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai. On the first floor there are two salons, you want to go to the one on the left as you look at them from the elevator lobby. This place is so local, there is no English name!
Once you get in there, the staff are extremely friendly. They’ll sit you down and patiently understand your hand signals, before ploughing in and giving you a great haircut. But, haircuts aside, it’s the frills and thrills that keep me coming back to these guys.
After you are beautifully coiffed within an inch of your life, comes the best bit — a hot towel facial and a straight razor shave, you’re not gonna get that at QB House! Be warned though, it can be quite nerve-​wracking. You see, the barbers here are the «Shanghai masters». This means that they are older than Moses, and they are shakier than a Red Bull swilling ugly bloke asking out a hot girl. However, once that razor (and your throat) is in their hands, the skill and precision is phenomenal. Masters they are! They’ll have you smoother than a babe’s butt in moments. They’ll even duo the mono brow and tope the nose hairs — nice!
And, if that ain’t service enough, the lovely lady cashier will finish you off with a shampoo, condition and blow-​dry (easy boys, I said blow-​dry). The best thing with her is, it doesn’t matter how much hair you have left on your bonce that actually needs washing, she’ll slather a load of shampoo in, and massage your head for a good long while like it was a pound of bread dough.
Finally, you are cut, you are shaved, and and you are washed — now the cherry on the top. The whole kit and caboodle only costs HKD88, you’re practically robbing them! Trust me on this one guys. Our ladies have the spas, and the facials, and the mani-​pedis. We get this; a shaky guy with a weapon — you gotta love it!